The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for the lubrication of joints, the pharmaceutical composition comprising a non-ionic tonicity agent comprising a polyol, and liposomes comprising at least one membrane comprising at least one phospholipid (PL) selected from a glycerophospholipid (GPL), said GPL having two C 12 -C 18 hydrocarbon chains, being the same or different, and sphingomyelin (SM) having a C 12 -C 18 hydrocarbon chain, the pharmaceutical composition being essentially free of an additional pharmaceutically active agent, wherein the at least one membrane has a phase transition temperature in the range of about 20º C to about 39º C and the joint has a joint temperature which is above the phase transition temperature.
